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I’ve been going through a bit of a hard time OCD-wise the last month or so. It’s always harder in the winter. Part of that is simple uh, logistics. In the winter there is more clothing to deal with and that’s a lot more stuff to get “contaminated”. I gave up long ago trying to wear gloves. There is just no way to deal with them and contamination. So my hands tend to get pretty … The Story Continues…

Having had Pure O (obsessional OCD without external counteracting compulsions) type OCD, off and on, over the course of my illness I can tell you with a straight face that I am grateful that my primary from of OCD is, more or less, classical contamination/washing type. Pure O puts you into another circle of hell. People with Pure O type obsessions are even more reluctant to talk about them then those with the more outward … The Story Continues…

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It is an accustomed action with her, to seem thus washing her hands: I have known her continues with this a quarter of an hour.

by MacBeth, Act V, Scene 1

The OCD Stories

As OCD is rarely limited to one specific type in one individual it is difficult to place the stories in one category. I have tried to place them in the categories below, by what appears to be the primary category.

Most stories end up in the Pure O category. This is the category for Intrusive thoughts and ruminating. Or obsessions without a clear external compulsion